Systems Problems News Today

hello, i am sara sidner in for mr. blackwell. we begin with the travel nightmare that wont seem to end. nearly 3,000 flights across the united states grounded again today, almost all of them, however, more than 90% of them are one airline, southwest airlines. you can see the lines for southwest passengers at ticket counters today in raleigh, denver, you name it. passengers, some of whom have spent hours or even days waiting in airports are fuming. >> i am beyond frustrated and hurt. i ...

More and more severe. united airlines in denver dealt with the same storm we did, and the same basic size we are in denver and didnt have near the cancelations or delays, and so it was lack of preparation. it was poor leadership on southwests part and they need to bear the brunt of this. >> do you know exactly some of the points that happened here? was there more flights and shorter lag times in between flights? what was it that made this tumble? you said its a long-standing problem. is it a sys...

Another wave of COVID-19 is beginning in Ukraine, according to experts of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU).

The problem has been that the website thats supposed to make it easy to apply for and purchase the insurance is not working the way it should for everybody. theres no sugar coating it. the website has been too slow, people have been getting stuck during the application process, and i think its fair to say that nobodys more frustrated by that than i am. nobodys madder than me about the fact the website isnt working as well as it should. which means its going to get fixed. >> welcome back to "hard...

Website are more than just a few bugs. heres why. the error messages and registration issues may be masking deeper systems problems. some insurers have been receiving incorrect enrollment information. contractors are worried that the system may be weeks away from operating smoothly. and get this, an astonishing 5 million lines of code may need to be rewritten. a recent report from usa today summed it up like this. quote, the federal health care exchange was built used ten year old technology tha...